Polish equity market appreciated on Thursday. The broad measure, the WIG index, recorded a 0.56% uptick. Sector-wise, materials sector became the best performer, gaining 2.14%. On the contrary, media sector was the biggest laggard, losing 0.47%.

The large-cap stocks advanced 0.6%, as measured by the WIG30 Index. GTC (WSE: GTC) led the pack up, rising 4.53%. It was followed by HANDLOWY (WSE: BHW) and KGHM (WSE: KGH), gaining 3.85% and 3.12% respectively. On the other side of the ledger, BOGDANKA (WSE: LWB) posted the sharpest decline, sliding down 3.88 %. The other notable losers were PGNIG (WSE: PGN) and LOTOS (WSE: LTS), plunging 1.45% and 1.21% respectively.